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Editor
On Tuesday
morning, Boise
State head football coach Dan
Hawkins agreed
to a five-year
contract
extension, worth
$2.6
million,
that will run
through the end
of the 2009 season. The contract will pay
Hawkins a base
salary of $525,
000 per year and
is packed with
bonus incentives.
"It's a major set for this program to become one
of the all-around big time schools and to keep this
whole winning tradition going," junior offensive
lineman Daryn Colledge said. "We think Coach
Hawk and his whole staffare a major part ofthe winning we are doing around here."
Under the helm of Hawkins, the Boise State program has turned into a powerhouse in the nation,
despite a small budget, and the hindering factor of
playing in a non-BCS conference.
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"It's so exciting to have Hawk here making this
long-term commitment," Boise State President
Robert Kustra said.
Hawkins is out oftown on a recruiting trip, but did
phone Kustra and Athletic Director Gene Blaymeier
about the announcement and made a written statement through the athletic department.
"I'm very excited about what we have accomplished and even more excited about what is possible
in the future," Hawkins said. "The city of Boise and
Boise State University are very special places and I'm
looking forward to continuing to grow this program
further."
He is expected
to sign the extension
once he arrives back into town on Friday.
The Broncos are a combined 44-6 over the last four
seasons with Hawkins as the head coach. The team
has led the nation in scoring the last two seasons and
is ranked second this season behind their Liberty
Bowl opponent Louisville. The team recently completed the first undefeated regular season in school
history as a four-year university. The Broncos are
also nationally ranked in the top-10 for the first time
ever - all while possessing the second youngest team
in the nation.
The contract extension was approved by the State
BY CRSSIE
GUTIERREZ
News Writer
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During Idaho's frigid winter
season, being homeless becomes
even more difficult as the need for
warmth becomes paramount. The
Boise Rescue Mission's shelters are
becoming overcrowded and the
Boise Community House has been
forced to turn some away, putting
them on a waiting list of about 10
to 12 people.
"We do not have enough shelter in the city," project director
of the Boise Community House,
Bethany Gadzinski said.
According
to the
Boise
Community House Web site, they
are not able to keep up with the
dramatic increase in homelessness, which has risen 20 percent
since the early 1990s.
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"I think [homelessnessl is-getting worse
with the economy we are seeing," said
Gadzinski. "The cost of living is getting higher. We see more extremes, very
wealthy or very poor. You need to make
about $11.60 an hour just to scrape by.
Economically, we are seeing many more
homeless families and more homeless
men and women."
The community house has 66 beds for
single men, 16 for single women, and 20
for families. In the winter, they have an
extra 40 beds for men. They also hold 3B
studio apartments at a low rent. The Boise
Community House is a night shelter only,
meaning the guests must be out between
9a.m. and 5p.m. Hnweyer, in the winter
when it's very cold, they make exceptions
and allow their guests to stay a little later
in the morning.
The privately funded Boise Rescue
Mission is another alternative for shelter.
"We provide meals, shelter, chapel services, clean clothes, and bible studies,"
said Boise Rescue Mission Executive
Director Bill Roscoe. "We teach life skills,
a parenting class for women, and we pro. vide a year-long residential drug and alcohol recovery program, which is very intensive and involves recovery training."
They have separate shelters for men,
women and children. The Mission is also
seeing an increase of homeless ness, especially in the winter. The beds are pretty
much full, and they are pulling out sleeping mats for people to use.
"This time of year we expect to have an
overflow and we do," Roscoe said. "We
just ordered 30 more mats for our Front
Street location."
The cold weather has influenced the
Boise Rescue Mission to keep their chapel open during the day so the homeless
may come in and keep themselves away
from the cold. "We make that same service available to everybody, especially
the elderly and women with small children;" Roscoe said.
The Mission has not had to turn anyone away this' year. "I think we will be
okay this year and not have to turn anyone away however, we will need more
space soon," Roscoe said.
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study finds colleqas, employers'
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The Record
We"all hear that to be successful careerwise, college is a must.
But there's new evidence suggesting a real
disconnect between what bosses want in
their employees and what schools are doing
to prepare tomorrow's job candidates.
The National Association of Colleges and
Employers, in its fall journal, published data
on the topic by researchers from Michigan
State University.
"Wewanted to know what employers look
for in recent college grads and what colleges
look for to see if they match up," says Smriti
"The contrast is that employers did not
rank as important as the department
heads things like multicultural appreciation
orsocialresponsibility,",Shivpurisays.
"And
those differences may be due to the fact that
colleges don't necessarily cater to what emplayers want."
NACE, a non-profit organization, serves
both employers and those at colleges who
are guiding students into the job market.
Pattie Giordani, associate editor for NACE,
says some efforts are under way to bridge
the gaps.
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'Untll recently, for example, she says colleges didn't consider things such as interpersonal skills and adaptability as imp or-
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example, rated ethics, integrity and knowl- Giordani says -."It takes time for colleges to
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through Selland Tech.college
BY RRCHEL
PEREZ
News Writer
and finishing their bachelor's degree
later.
The Selland College offers a different environment than other colleges.
Students do not simply sit through leetures. According to Branson, students
are put into groups based on what they
are studying. They stay with the same
groups all the way through their program.
"Support and camaraderie really develops in these groups," said Branso.n;
ing is offered for students in the Selland
College. "Some students come in and
don't know whattheywantto do, so careel' counseling helps students figure
out what they might be most interested
in," said Branson.
On-line classes are available as well.
Students are sent two lessons a week
and can register at any time.
Students from the college are often
able to find jobs. Heather R. Crawford
completed her program with an asso-
The Larry G. Selland College of
Applied Technology helps students receive certificates, associates degrees,
or bachelor's of applied science degrees in various fields. The time it takes
to earn these degrees varies from one
semester to four years depending on
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17 Iraqi civilians killed
in attack on bus
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BAGHDAD,Iraq -A bus filled with
Iraqi civilian employees came to a stop
north of the city ofTikrit. ,
Two cars pulled alongside, five to
seven men got out, and they sprayed
the civilians with automatic gunfire.
When their bullets ran out, the gunmen drove away. .
After the shcotlngspree, 17Iraqislay
dead and another 13 were wounded,
the' U:S. milltary said in a statement.
The gunmen apparently selected the
Iraqis because they worked for the U.S.
military helping to guard a storage site
of seized insurgent munitions.
All the victims were unarmed, the
latest casualties in a war that in the past
few weeks has increasingly gone from
direct clashes between insurgents and
U.S.-led forces to rebel shootings of unarmed civilians, attacks on members
of outgunned police forces and the use
of car bombs. The change of strategy
is designed to intimidate Iraqis in the
runup to Jan. 30 elections.
Egypt,. Israel release
prisoners, signaling
thaw in relations
JERUSALEM.,.Egypt freed an Israeli
businessman it had jailed for eight
years on espionage charges, an important step toward repairing relations
with Israel.
Israel, in turn, released six Egyptian
students it arrested in August on charges of plotting to commandeer an Israeli
tank and kill its crew. In another goodwill gesture, Israeli Prime Minister
Ariel Sharon said he would re-evaluate
releasing some of the more than 5,000
Palestinian prisoners in Israeli eus- '
tody.
Relations between Israel and Egypt
have been cool at best since they
signed a peace agreement a quarter
century ago; The Israeli milltary response to the Palestinian uprising of
the past four years sent the relationship between Egypt and Israel to an
all-time low. Egypt recalled its ambassador from TelAvivin 2000.
Officials said ~e Egyptian ambassador could return as soon as Israeli-
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Palestinian peace talks resume. '
Improved relations are seen as vital
to the establishment of an independent Palestinian state, especially as
Israel prepares to withdraw its settlers
and soldiers from the Gaza Strip, which
borders Egypt, next year. Egyptian
. forces could be tapped to maintain se, curity in the Gaza Strip following the
withdrawal:
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"I think we're seeing very positive
developments in Israeli-Egyptian rela. tlons," Israeli Health .Minister Danny'
Naveh told state-run Israel Radio.
"Egypt wants better relations, and
wants to take part in the diplomatic
developments in the region. I hope this
will continue."
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Rosa Parks will live
rent-free after string of
financial woes
DETROIT - Civil rights icon Rosa
Parks, who in 2002 faced eviction from
her home, will have a free place to live
for the rest ofher life. .
Riverfront Associates, which owns
the downtown Riverfront Apartments
where Parks has lived since 1994, quietly decided in early October to allow
Parks to stay there rent-free permanently.
"1thought itwas the right thing to do,"
managing partner Peter Cummings
said Friday. "This woman is an icon.
She deserves an enormous amount of
respect. In a way, 1 think it's an honor
to be able to accord her that respect."
Her longtime caretaker and friend,
Elaine Steele, said again Friday' that
the 91-year-old Parks is feeble but doing well. Steele, who also manages
the 'nonprofit Rosa & Raymond Parks
Institute, said Parks gets proper care.
Steele said the rent-free offer is "very
,wonderful."
Bush tellsMarines
they'll 'come home with
honor' from Iraq
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. - In a
somber address on the 63rd anniversary of Pearl Harbor, President ~ush
Oh, I thought you were
someone else
A free showing of the motion picture
"Napoleon. Dynamite" will be shown
on Friday, Dec. 10 at 8 p.m. in the
Special Events Center. The film, rated
PG, is about an alienated teen who decides to help his new friend win the
class presidency in their small home
town high school. At the same time he .
has deal with his bizarre family life.
Tater tots will be served in the lobby of
the SPECprior to the screening.which
is sponsored by the Student Programs
Board:
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Bogus Basin opening
Bogus Basin Mountain Resort will
open for the 2004-05 winter season today, Dec. 9. Recent storms have delivered enough snow for a partial opening of chairlifts I, 2, 4 and 7. Operating
hotrs for Thursday and Friday will be:
lOa.m.- .4:30 p.m. Weekend operating
hours will be 9:00 a.m. -; 4:30 p.m. The
J.R. Simplot and Frontier Point lodges
will also be open. The Pioneer Lodge
will be open for locker access only.
Nordic skiing wlll open at the same
time. Valley wide bus service will run
Saturday and Sunday with holidayl
weekend routes. For bus schedule call
332-5110 or log onto the resort's website at www.bogusbasin.com.
A woman in Chehalis, Wash., angry
that her boyfriend had left her for another woman, spotted his red car driving down the road and rammed it to get
even' with him; It turned out that she
was mistaken.
When an angry man she didn't know
got out of the damaged vehicle, she exclaimed to the state trooper who arrested her, "Oh my God, oh my God!
That's not my boyfriend."
Clay and fire
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This exhibitl sale features a large selection of high-quality works by students in ceramics. Aporion of the proceeds is applied towards the annual
Visiting Artists Program in Ceramics.
This will take place in Gallery 1 Liberal
Arts Building. The Gallery hours are
Monday through Friday from 10a.m.-6
p.m. and Saturday from 12-5 p.m. For
more information ca1l426-399~. '
A gas station attendant in Konya,
Turkey, misplaced his cell phone, so
he dialed the phone's number to help
him locate it. His dog's stomach started
ringing.
A pleasure doing
business with you
Finals relief
Two intoxicated homeless men attempted to rob the pastor of the Eternal
Life Church in Kansas City, Mo. They
took him upstairs to his office and
threatened to burn the place down unless he forkedover the money.
The pastor offered to write them
checks for $150 each, and they agreed,
even spelling their names for him. This .
led to their arrest.
Watch for finals relief programs
around campus starting on Dec. 12
and running throughout the week.
Strung Out to 'play The
Venue
Southern California quintet Strung
Out will be making an appearance
tonight at The Venue. In support of
their new full-length album "Exiled In
Oblivion,"thepunk/hardcoreensemble
guarantees a high-energy show. Now
with a heavy hitting career exceeding a
dozen years, these underground favorites arc at the peak of their raging output. Along with the transplanted group
Only Crime whose members Include
veterans of Descendants/Black Flag,
GWARI Hagfish and Good Riddance,
tonight's show is sure, to be a sell-out.
There arc still a few tickets available
at the door for $12 dollars each. Doors
open at 7 p.m. Opening acts include,
but aren't limited to, Haste the Day and
Wilhelm Scream. For more info visit
boisevenue.com.
down and followed her back into the '
barn.
'Napoleon Dynamite'
free screening
on Tuesday thanked Marines for their
service and promised they and their
colleagues in Iraq would "come home
with the honor they have earned" once
Iraqis take control of their country.
"The time of war is a time of sacrifice,
especially for our inllltary families,"
Bush said, sporting a khaki military
jacket. "I urge every American to find
some way to thank our military and to
help out themilltary family down the
street."
CORRECTION:
BSU BOOKSTORE AD
The advertisement that ran for the
BSU Bookstore in last Monday's issue
was out-dated. The advertisement was
intended for the beginning of the fall
'04 semester and the discounts cited
are unavailable. The Arbiter apologizes for any confusion.
And he considers it
money well spent
A policeman, patrolling the red light
district In Hong Kong, was overcome
with 'temptation and went into one
of the brothels to sample the wares.
Unfortunately, he was spotted by
someone who timed his visit.
The officer's pay was docked for the
28 minutes he spent doing the horizontal mambo.
Hey beautiful, let's go
inside and 'talk'
~ raging bull went on the loose at a
farm in Hof, Germany, prompting the
local cops to break out the tranquilizer
guns.
The farmer's niece brought out a cow
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BSU students, faculty, and staff
'may not be aware of the many potential dangers that lurk unseen
on campus. It is the job of three
.men to change that.
Cal Gillis, environmental
health
,o{ficertDean
Schurger, occupa,tion health and safety officer; and
Randy Bunnis, safety and loss
control specialist,
are charged
with meeting the guidelines that
ensure the health and safety of
those on campus.
With 18,456 students enrolled
at Boise State, 1,025 faculty members, and 2,100 staff, doing that
job to the highest standard
is
demanding.
"Currently we have
only three safety and health staff
members-that hold the respon-
sibilities of approximately
nine
similar staff at the University of
Idaho:' Gillis said.
As the
University's
safety
watchdog, their goal is to recommend, develop and implement
standards that create a safe and
healthy work place. "Students,
faculty, staff, visitors, even the
fans in Bronco stadium; we must
have everyone in mind when assessing campus safety," Bunnls
said.
With limited resources, doing
that can be difficult. "Right now
we are getting a 'C: we are meeting minimum requirements,
but
if one person gets hurt unnecessarily, that is one too many,"
Bunnis said.
"We would really like to be
working more pro-actively," Gillis
said, "but currently we are busy
keeping up with requests, workingreactively,
and we are not able
to do all the things we want to increase safety and make our services more available."
Additionally,
many
professors are expanding
biological
and chemical lab research projects that are increasing the need
to upgrade lab facilities at the
school. Gillis explained that expanded research facilities and use
of hazardous biological, chemical
and radioactive
materials
is an
increasing
trend as Boise State
strives to become a metropolitan
research university.
With this there are new and increased demands for the Campus
Environmental
Health and Safety
(EHS) office. They must spend
more time keeping track of and
controlling
chemical, biological,
believes with BSU's unprecedented growth, more assistance
is
needed.
For more informatlon
on the
Campus
Environmental
Health
and Safety Office, you can visit
their Web site at www2.boisestate.edu/ehs.
ditional
EHS
[Environmental
Health Safety] position for the
Fiscal Year '06 if funding becomes
available," Schurger said.
Although Boise State has made
major strides creating and improving
Environmental
and
Health and Safety services offered in the last 10 years, Schurger
and physical agents in laboratory and workshop environments.
To do this they hold additional
awareness
training
workshops
to ensure that all lab workers are
trained on the newest hazardous
material
procedures,
Schyrger
said.
"University management
has recently requested
an ad-
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.Schwarzenegger a poster child for
allowing foreign-born presidents
BY PRUL
Knight
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Nawspepars
PHILADELPHIA
- President
Arnold Schwarzenegger?
Some fans of the California
governor like the sound of that so
much that they are joining a growing movement to allow foreignborn citizens to be president.
Schwarzenegger,
the former actor and bodybuilder, grew up in
Austria and became a U.S. citizen
in 1983. Under provisions of the
.Constitution, he - like Michigan
Gov. Jennifer M. Granholm, Sen.elect Mel Martinez,
Commerce
Secretary
nominee
Carlos M.
'Gutierrez and every other immigrant - is ineligible for the presidency.
For most of the 216 years since
.the adoption of the Constitution,
'there has been little debate about
Article 2, Section 1, which states:
"No Person except a natural born
'Citizen, or a Citizen of the United
States, at the time of the Adoption
of this Constitution,
shall be eligible to the Office of President."
But now there are four proposals in Congress to amend the
Constitution
to permit foreignborn citizens to be president, after
a lengthy period of citizenship (20
to 35 years, depending on the bill).
Three of the measures were introduced before Schwarzenegger
became governor last year, and
their sponsors
say the amendments were not crafted with him
in mind.
Schwarzenegger,
though,
has
become the poster child of the
movement,
and he has said he
would consider running for president if the Constitution
allowed.
Last month, TV commercials, created by a Schwarzenegger
fundraiser, were shown in California
urging support
for an "amend
for Arnold" campaign.
And the
campaign's
founders
have created a companion Web site, www.
amendforarnold.org,
to
raise
money and rally support.
Advocates
of changing
the
Constitution
say the current
provision is out of date and unAmerican.
"The purpose
of the nativeborn-citizen
requirement
has
long passed, and it is time for us ...
to remove this impediment:'
Sen.
Orrin G. Hatch, R-Utah, said when
he introduced
a constitutionalamendment
proposal last year.
He cited the more than 700 Medal
of Honor winners who have been
iJllmigrants,
"but no matter how
great their sacrifice, leadership or
love for this country, they remain
ineligible to be a candidate
for
president."
Opponents
say the Founding
Fathers' concerns about divided
allegiances are still valid and the
Constitution
should not be altered.
In a Gallup poll conducted last
month,
31 percent of respondents said.they favored such an
amendment,
compared
with 28
percent in the summer. the pollsters mentioned Schwarzenegger
to half of the respondents,
and
that produced
a slightly higher
favorable
response:
39 percent
said they favored an amendment
when
Schwarzenegger's
name
was included.
The
effort
to change
the
Constitution
is an uphill battle.
To take effect, a constitutional
amendment
must be approved
by two-thirds
of the House and
Senate and by the legislatures of
38 states. Since the Constitution
was ratified, more than 11,000
amendments
have been offered;
27 have been approved.
"It's really hard to amend ...
but it's conceivable,
if you got
broad bipartisan
support:'
said
Rogers Smith, a constitutional
scholar who is chairman
of the
political science department
at
the University
of Pennsylvania.
"I think you could find support,
but somebody has to push for it
hard."
Hearings were held on Hatch's
resolution in October, but none
of the four measures in Congress
has moved out of committee. All
four proposals will expire at the
end of the year, though similar
measures are expected to be introduced in both chambers early
in the next Congress.
There is little evidence to indicate exactly why the framers included the no-immigrants
provision. But it appears, historians
say, that they were concerned that
a foreign-born
president
might
have divided loyalties
or lack
commitment
to the new democratic experiment
that was the
United States.
There were concerns
about
British, French and Spanish influence and fears that a foreignborn noble might be imported to
rule the United States. There apparentlywere
rumors in 1787 that
the second son of King George III,
the Duke of York, was interested
in being an American king.
At the time the Constitution
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BY SIDNEY
stuff of lawyers and judges, who, when
it comes to drugs, display no immunity
from going AWOLfrom reality.
First, the facts of the two cases out of
California that the top court heard this
week. One involved a woman with inoperable brain cancer, the other a woman
whose severe back spasms require marijuana.
By referendum, California voters
passed a law permitting the use of marijuana under a doctor's order to relieve a
variety of medical ailments. Nine other
states followed suit.
. The federal drug enforcers answered
by busting both women. The U.S. Court
of Appeals in California ruled for them
on the grounds their conduct did not
fall within Congress' authority to regu-
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New York DOily Nowo
The latest battle in the great War on
Drugs showed up in the Supreme Court
on Monday, with the feds arguing that if'
sick or dying people are allowed to use
homegrown marijuana for their pain, the
price on the streets will go down.
In the logic of the war department, this
would have a terrible impact on interstate
commerce, where, presumably, Congress
has an interest in promoting the sale of
marijuana.
If this strikes you as crazy, it's because you don't understand the law, the
necessary reach of a government that is
grounded on the Commerce Clause of the
Constitution. We are talking now of the
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separate the wheat from the weed. But
the politics of drugs has a way with the .
finest of minds, and according to reporters covering the court, the majority is going to overturn the California law.
I asked Yale Kamisar, the legendary law
'professor at Michigan Law School, what
he thought about this apparent reliance
by the court on the ancient wheat decision.
"I look at it this way," he said. "Ifthey're
right, the Congress can ban breast-feeding because it has an economic impact
on the interstate sale of milk."
The argument that homegrown pot had
late interstate commerce because this
had nothing to do with allYkind of com- an impact on interstate commerce rests
on a 1942 Supreme Court decision that.
merce, much less interstate)
Youmight think the government would allowed the feds to punish a wheat growlet cases like this pass or at least show er for withholding his home consumption from the Agriculture Department's
benign neglect. We're not talking about
legalization of narcotics here, just rnedi- regulations. The reason: If he hadn't used
it for his family, he'd have bought it in the
calization, just humanity.
But the War on Drugs has no interest in marketplace, thus' raising the price of
such sentimentality. This war is 90 years wheat, which Congress wanted.
Justice Anthony Scalia said he had alold with nothing to show but failure,
ways thought that case was a joke, but
combined with rampant corruption.
now he opined that it was the law. Scalia,
It doesn't matter, The more we lose, the
more we spend. In the Supreme Court ar- . who votes for states' rights except when
he doesn't- see Gore v. Bush - said that
guments, the government estimated that
the marijuana market alone accounts for the old wheat ruling looked right to him
now.
$10.5 billion a year - then asked the court
Students of Scalia, the sharpest man on
to knock out California's law in the name
the court, might have thought he could
of helping the war succeed!
RBoUT THE WRITER
Sidney Zion Is a columnistfor the New York Dally
News, 450 West 33rd Street, New York, N.Y. 10001,
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State clearly understand their responsibility for citing sources. If
you are not the original author
of a piece of work (a short story, a
In a recent Arbiter article
term paper, a letter to the editor,
("VisitingprofessoraccusedofplaIi web site, etc.), and you use that
glarisrn," 11129/04), a University
piece of work in your own, you
faculty member defended plagiamust give credit. Even if a work
rizing another individual's editorial piece by stating, "If you take has no author, you need to indiinformation off the Internet, it's cate. where your information was
free and clear." Though we do not obtained.
Fortunately, there are many rewish to criticize the individual
sources for students and faculty
personally, we do want to stress
that we find his statement utterly who have questions on citation.
The Boise State Writing Center
ridiculous. Worse, we find it dangerous. Following such advice has handbooks for most citation
formats, and the consultants are
could lead to severe consequenchappy to discuss how best to ines for a writer.
.
Boise State University takes a corporate sources into your work.
strong stance on plagiarism and Albertsons Library carries multiple copies of citation handbooks
other acts of academic dishonesty. Since 2001, 206 students have and places some of each on every
floor; the reference librarians are
been found responsible for acts
of academic dishonesty, and over also willing to answer questions
on how to cite a source. And, be95% of those students were found
to have plagiarized their work. cause citation conventions differ between disciplines and even
The sanction most often imposed
between classrooms, students
upon students for this infraction
is a zero on the assignment. At should know to check with their
other times, students receive an professors if they have questions.
Some colleges, like Business and
"F" for the course. Students who
have been found responsible for Economics, even have their own
writing handbooks that have secfurther acts of academic dishontions on proper citation methods.
esty at Boise State have been susCitation is not an easy practice,
pended and even expelled. The
But it can be learned, and it needs
University also requires intellecto be, especially in an academic
tual honesty from its employees
setting. If you take the time to
in performing the scope of their
duties. According to Dr. Sona properly cite your sources, then
Andrews, Provost, when such cas- what will be free and clear are
es of employee misconduct occur, your conscience and your reputation.
appropriate sanctions and penalties are imposed.
- Dr, Mlclwel Mattlion Is the BSU WrUing
Center Director and Blaine Eckles Is pari ot
We are thus concerned that
the students and faculty of Boise the Student Conduct Program.
BY DR. MICHREL MRTTISON
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I am appalled at the lack of
action taken toward Professor
Woodall regarding his plagiarism
charge. As a student, on every
teacher's syllabus I am threatened that I will be swiftly failed
from the class and booted out of
the university if! but write a single phrase without giving proper credit to the,original author.
Professor Woodall has hardly
been reprimanded for claiming
an entire letter written by someone else. He didn't even bother
. type the letter himself, he copied
and pasted (obvious by the three
typos in the letter which are identical to the original world)
I find a double standard here,
which I don't necessarily disagree
\lIith. But instead of the university
being harder on the students, I believe they should be much harder
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DFRR EDlTDR:
Plagiarism is not acceptable, and your
headline, "Woodall should be held accountable" is on the mark and deserves
to be discussed as to insure that internet
sites and chat room are properly cited. I
acknowledge that using another's words or
ideas as my own, regardless of their origin,
is an egregious offense and I apologize to
,
the entire university community. I falsely
submitted the letter to the Arbiter as my
own work and deeply regret this action. I
was wrong in thinking that internet sources are not offered the same protection as
other words under copyright laws. This is
a "lesson learned" for me which has resulted in a deeper understanding of my obligations as a professor.
THOMRS J. WooDRLL
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on the teachers the very beings
. that are supposed to represent the
school. A professor is supposed to
encompass the ideal image of a
scholar. Professor Woodall has
a doctorate in Engineering. One
would ask, if so willing to openly
plagiarize to the entire body of
BSU how many times did it occur
in his thesis?
BSU has taken no action in this
matter, and I'm embarrassed to
call myself a student because of
it. This does nothing for BSU's already inadequate academic reputation except for lower it further.
And what has professor Woodall
used as an excuse? He claimed
that it was off the Internet and
therefore free reign. Well, I would
answer that with, ."then why
does APA have a specific format
required. for citing text off the
Internet?"
Watch out professors, since BSU
has said that it's all right to plagiarize from the Internet by letting
professor Woodall get away with
it, you might want to pay close at'.
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Reading through today's letters
to the editor concerning Professor
Woodall, it was clear that the common complaint. was that faculty
ought to be held to the same standard as the school's student body.
This is a fair thing to ask for, but it
specifically states in the Student
Code of Conduct that by placing
one's name on work submitted
for credit, the student certifies
the originality of all work not otherwise identified by appropriate
acknowledgements. Notice the
reference to work submitted for
credit. If I, as a student, were the
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person responsible for submitting another's work to The Arbiter Professor Woodall responds is his
decision; a personal decision. My
as my own rather than Professor
advice for students writing to the
Woodall, the school would most
definitely not act against me. ~ditor: understanding that the
Why? Because I am not guilty of school has responded appropriacademic dishonesty, I am merely ately, show a little respect,let him
guilty of general dishonesty be- make his decision, and do not
subject him to further slander.
cause the work was not submitted for credit. It is certainly not
JoSHUR GUNDERSON,
the role of the university to punMechanical Englnaarlng, JUnior
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of behavior unless it is associated
with their respective duties as
such. The school will act as it must
to regulate those activities of students and faculty that fall within
DERR EDITOR:
their respective roles within the
university setting. Submitting letI am writing in regard to the
ters to a newspaper has no direct
link to Professor Woodall's role plagiarism accusations brought
Professor
Thomas
as a faculty member and there- . against
Woodall. If Professor Woodall
fore the school has no jurisdicfeels that he is being harassed as
tion in this matter. The provost
obviously understands this dis- a result of his blatant disregard
tinction, but apparently not ev- to the rule of plagiarism - that's
tough, he deserves it. Next time
eryone who submits commentary
maybe he will be more careful
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politics. The election results are
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Rocker Henry Rollins is in the
movie house.
The front man for '80s punk
band Black Flag, radio talker,
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his own movie review program,
"Henry's Film Corner," airing the
first Saturday of every month at
midnight on the Independent
Film Channel.
The first episode airs Saturday.
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Rollins - who has acted in such
films as "Heat" and "Bad Boys II"
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dramas and such foreign directors
·as Akira Kurosawa and Werner
Herzog before rhapsodizing about
"Die Hard" and "Predator."
: "Every genre will get a fair shake
!In my show," Rollins said. "I love
big blow-emup films. YetI
want to say to
young people, 'Sure, go
watchallyour
action films,
get yer ya-yas
out. But leave
time for 'Cool
Hand Luke'
and
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· review shows as discussions of
recent blockbusters and DVD
choices, "Henry's Film Corner"
will include an examination of
political and social issues in films
and "Rollins' Revenge," a segment
in which no movie is safe from the
· host's pentup wrath.
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'also will discuss cinema with ce, lebrity guests and everyday folks.
, In the first episode, he talks with
· his mailman, Raoul, about the
similarities between the Tom
Cruise epic "The Last Samurai"
and Kurosawa's "The Seven
Samurai."
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· so they can feed him another turgid, overdone, CGI-filled piece of
· [unk, But I want to hear Raoul's
'thoughts," said Rollins, who cites
, "Apocalypse Now" as his favorite
movie.
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, if Hollywood listens to the right
critics, maybe their films can be
, better. I'm approaching my show
as a guy who loves movies," he
said. "As a fan, I'll respect a film
enough to care when if it's bad.
But if a film angers me, I'll torch
it."
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"Ihave a contempt for lazy filmmaking," he said. "A movie like
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10 bucks times two; with parking, for him and his date. Arnold
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omyou're
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Indigo Boys.
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it's Storyhill,
a folk duo comprised
of
John Hermanson and Chris
Cunningham, two men who
have a love for music that goes
way back. Besides the fact that
they at times sound like a male
version of the Indigo Girls, the
MI
influence of artists like Joni
Mitchell, Steely Dan, and Simon
and Garfunkel is undeniable
- these boys know the music of
the seventies.
'
Storyhill visited the SUB
last Thursday night hosted by
Student Activities Board as a
part of the Coffee House Concert
Series. Coffee House concerts
take place every Thursday night
from 5-7 p.m. near the Student
Union Brava! stage.
Playing for about 40 people,
they had a few well-established
fans in the crowd. When the two
'Dead' and 'week' are both four-letter words
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I wrote last year about the true
meaning of "Dead Week." I said
that the second to last week of
the term has earned this moniker
because it is during this time that
students invariably find out the
chance of passing their classes is,
in fact, dead. Once again we find
ourselves at the tail end of Dead
Week, and I feel I should abridge
my definition.
I now firmly believe that the
five-day span refers to my completely depleted energy level. I
am tired beyond belief. My vision
is blurred. I'm not sure I could ID
my parents in a police lineup. My
Friday night was spent writing a
paper due this past Monday. I was
. up until 3 a.m, composing what
I
lllUhydon't professors Just ask
us If we haue been
tuning In? I tell you
what, I'll saue them
the time of hauIng to ask. I hauen't
been paying attention since August."
ESTUOLD
Columnist
turned into fifteen pages of the
worst market analyses I have ever
drafted. Oh well, odds are professors are just as tired.
Finals
loom
next week.
Whoopee! Are you messing with
me? After the hell I go through
this week, my reward is a series of
examinations to prove whether
or not I have been paying attention throughout the term. Why
don't professors just ask us if we
have been tuning in? I tell you
what, I'll save them the time of
having to ask. I haven't been paying attention since August.
I do have some good news,
though. Later this month, I will
get to save some money on my
car insurance. No, I'm serious!
Marketing students don't joke.
Okay, they do, but it doesn't make
me any less serious. I turn twenty-five this month, and if you
are at all savvy to the way insurers torture their customers, they
give slight reprieve on how much
money they are willing to steal
from people when they successfully make it halfway through
sounds, though, itmaybewortha
try. Until such day as I manage to
graduate from college, high fructose corn syrup, inall oflts glorious forms, will remain a close,
personal friend.
So, anyway, my point got muddied in here again. Dead Week
kills me. Pun intended. I need
more rest to come up with any
sort of quality jokes. Finals aren't
much better, but at least they are
not under a guise of "no tests this
week."
As this is my final column of
the term, I will take one moment
to wish all a wonderful holiday. If
anyone is bored or feeling generous, they should send me some
money. Heck, send me a Toyota.
I guarantee it will be "versatllier"
than anything else you could get
me.
their twenties. Hooray for getting
old. On a side note, I've decided this is the last birthday I will
ever acknowledge. Science-bedamned, I will be twenty-five for
the rest of my life.
As a marketing student, I'd like
to take one moment to complain
about some advertisements I've
seen on television the past few
weeks. Toyota claimed on a commercial that their truck is "versatilier" than competing companies. Bah! Leave it to the marketing guys to come up with a word
that ridiculous. And Pepsi is now
selling a variation on their typical cola called "Holiday Spice."
I will steer clear of the obligatory comment that this sounds
like a lost member of the Spice
Girls and mention that I like my
Pepsi just the way it is. Odd as it
Mieville returns readers to B -Lag in novel
BY ROGER
Culture
Ill. VENABLE
Writer
Following the success of
his first three novels, China
Mieville's "Iron Council" marks
his first hardcover release.
The book returns readers
to Bas-Lag, the fantasy world
Mieville created in "Perdidio
Street Station," and returned to
in "The Scar."
Mieville .shuns typical fantasy, however, and aims to create literary fantasy that deflates
the widespread misconceptionof fantasy as "badly-written, clio
ched and obsessed with backward-looking dreams of the past
- feudal daydreams of good kings
and fair Maidens." Mieville attributes this stereotype to the abundance of Tolkien copycats « :
"Iron Council" does not continue an epic quest set forth in either
of Mieville's previous Bas-Lag
works. It tells an entirely new story, with entirely new characters,
as did "The Scar." The only carry
over between novels is the world
itself. -lion Council" contains no
dwarves or elves. ItS characters
are not driven by moral absolutism, but by politics. People try
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as a singer I songwriter.
Storyhill has an independent
sound and feel. Maybe it is because they seem misplaced in
the scheme of what pop milsic is producing right now, like
they should have been playing
thirty years' ago. Whatever it is,
they have an obvious passion for
music, and it comes out in their
songs.
Check them out on storyhill.
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asked for requests, voices broke predictable harmonies. In poout across the audience with a etry, words themselves have a
musical quality - Storyhill takes
call for multiple songs. Instead
of choosing just one, the two de- full advantage of this.
Hermanson and Cunningham
cided to sing them all.
In a world where words are have been playing together for
cheap, Storyhill's poetic sim- over 15 years, a definite reaplicity is refreshing. Musically son for their fluid sound. Their
guitars and voices fit together,
they are more than interesting,
each song being a unique ere- , like they were meant to play toat ion. In using the term "sim- gether from the beginning of
time. The two are busy apart
plistic" it is in reference to them
being simply two guys playing from StoryhilTas well, both havtheir guitars. Yet their music is ing solo careers. Hermanson is
intricate, woven together by the the front man of rock band Alva
Star, while Cunningham tours
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to get what they want, and their
desires and visions often collide.
Mieville has an uncanny indifference to good and evil.
Mieville's characters work together and against. each other
for the causes of honor, money,
history, love, hate, revenge, contempt, jealousy, apathy and anarchy. They do not divide between
good and evil to battle it out.
They work with the tools of politics and persuasion. ~ieville
creates a fantasy worid, and
then populates it with people
reflecting the dynamic confusion of humanity.
In "Iron Council," Mieville
also reaches a new stylistic
plateau. He fragments the
. language the way conflicting
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Twenty years .later,
remembering Live Aid
homage to two African-American
on with their fusion of hip-hop
giants who led the way.
and rock 'n' roll remains seared
On that day, the Band Aid Trust
In my mind. The Who's perforOn July 13, 1985,I was like most
mances of "Love Reign O'er Me" raised $140 million to aid famine relief in Africa, but they also
20-year-olds - young, dumb and still evokes memories, because
earned some serious political
insincere.
by the time they were performing
capital and forced the world's
I was more concerned with how in London's Wembley Stadium,
loud I could crank my car stereo. I the temperature in Philly had leaders to take note. Although artists have always worked for their
looked at the week as one big par- reached an ungodly level. During
ty, hitting assorted drinking es- that song, officials unleashed wa- pet projects, this event ushered
in a new age of political activism,
tablishments in Cleveland's eastter hoses on the crowd, providing
which had waned since the end of
ern 'burbs three to five nights per much-needed relief.
week. My big challenge was trying
Marathon man Phil Collins, the Vietnam War.
to memorize that passage from who played in Bngland :then
Though it's unlikely that Geldof
"Carry On My Wayward Son," the ,hopped the Concorde for the ' released the DVD package to stir
Kansas tune. You know the one: Statesr.still owns the honor for political discussion - he origi"Once I rose above the noise and
eerlestrrioment, During his pi- nally had never thought of future
confusion, just to get a glimpse
ano performance of "In the Air broadcasts or technology such as
beyond this illusion ..." Yes, that
home video - it's both peculiar
Tonight," the entire audience
bit of poetry was a priority.
filled in the famous drum seg- and tragic how some now demonThe next day was different
ment, to Collins' obvious shock. ize activism on the part of artists.
because of one seminal event Then there was the appearance
After the 9-11 terrorist attacks
- Live Aid, the concert featurin New YorkCity and Washington,
of a paralyzed Teddy Pendergrass
ing a roster of artists that still with duo Ashford & Simpson,
D.C., actors and musicians were
makes music promoters sali- singing "Reach Out and Touch among the first who decided to
vate. Organized hurriedly by Bob (Somebody's Hand}," providing a do something to aid the victims.
Geldof to aid famine-plagued
"America: A Tribute to Heroes," a
truly poignant and unrehearsed
countries in Africa, performers
telethon featuring the likes ofBilly
moment.
were Phil Collins, Sting, the Who,
All ofthose made it to the disc, Joel, U2 and Bruce Springsteen,
the Boomtown Rats, Queen, Elton but there is a notable omission:
raised more than $150million.
• John, the Pretenders, Madonna, .The performance of the reunited
Yet when Springsteen and othPaul McCartney, Tom Petty & the Led Zeppelin, with Phil Collins ers decided to perform to raise
Heartbreakers, the Cars, Hall & and Tony Thompson on duel- money to thwart George Bush's
Oates, Duran Duran and a host of ing drums, didn't make it to the re-election, they were branded
others.
unpatriotic by some. It points
set because of Jimmy Page and
Often regarded
as rock's Robert Plant's unhappiness with
to the hypocrisy that pervades
crowning moment, the simultaits quality. It's not difficult to our culture regarding the role of
neous concerts in Philadelphia
understand their objection, but performers - they'if only supand London worked wonders by anyone who wants to own this posed to speak their minds when
raising awareness of a problem
it serves all. That isn't a premise
wouldn't have cared. For millions
that had gone virtually ignored
that was a historic moment in this country is based upon. Live
by the world's leaders. The recent
Aid proved they've earned the
rock, as was the entire day.
release ofthe DVD ofthe concert,
Culturally, LiveAid showed me, right to exercise their freedom of
"Live Aid" (no rating, Warner
for one ofthe first times in my life, speech.
Home Video, $39.99) has only the universal power of music. And
After LiveAid, IleftPhiladelphia
confirmed the importance of the
a changed person - mor~ politiits roster of talent was prescient
event.
in its view of popular music's fu- cally aware. Although I passed up
. I sat there on the floor of JFK ture.
my right to vote in my first presiStadium in Philadelphia, sweatWhen Run-D.M.C. took the dential election in 1984, I haven't
ing profusely along with two budstage at JFK, I knew 'that was the missed an election since.
dies, mesmerized. So did more
There is no diminishing the
moment rap and its hip-hop culthah 100,000 other people. Plenty ture had been validated. Today influence of this event then and
of moments stand out in my memnow. The concert continues to
that segment of music dominates
ory and were only refreshed after
benefit the people of Africa with
charts and is the soundtrack
poring over the four-disc set.
the release of the DVD, but it
of choice for most of America's
Although their performance
youth. In Daryl Hall & John Oates'
should be given credit for raisnever aired, watching Run- performance with Eddie.Kendrick ing the collective conscience of a
D.M.C. take a stadium filled with
and David Ruffin, we see the purglobal population that is often too
mostly white folks and turn them
content to remain self-involved.
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BY HRL BOEDEKER
The Orlendo Sentinel
Dale Earnhardt's fans will find
one reason to cheer "3'"; Barry
Pepper gives a mesmerizing performance as the racer. He rates a
10.
The by-the-numbers biography surrounding him, however,
comes in far lower. The ESPNfilm,
debuting Saturday, earns a 5.
Like many other biographies,
"3" errs by shoving a fascinating
life into a brief running time. The
film covers more than 30 years
in 90 minutes, an approach that
guarantees
superficial results
and pat insights.
The movie tries to do two
things: trace 'Earnhardt's career and examine his family life.
Even though the title represents
the number of Earnhardt's car,
the racing receives the skimpier
treatment, which is sure to disappoint NASCARfans.
The focus on Earnhardt's private life transforms "3" into a
tear-jerker. It's an often joyless
ride, and that's a huge failing for a
film about a life that provided so
much pleasure for so many.
Robert Eisele's script falls into
such obvious chunks that you
could diagram the movie. The
first third depicts Dale's rocky re-
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lations with his dad, Ralph (J.K.
Simmons), a demanding race-car
driver. Ralph spits out challenges,
such as, "When are you' going to
learn what it takes to be a man?"
The first third also skims
Dale's two broken marriages.
The second part introduces Dale
to Teresa (Elizabeth Mitchell),
who becomes his third wife, and
charts his burgeoning career.
The last third lingers over Dale's
uneasy ties to son Dale Jr. (Chad
McCumbee), who longs to race.
The film ends, of course, with
Dale's death at the Daytona 500
in 2001. To foreshadow that tragedy, the script awkwardly puts
prophetic lines in his mouth.
"When I die, I'm gonna be all
used up," Dale says. At another
point, he tells Dale Ir., "Racing
ain't the only thing in life, son."
That the lines carry punch is
a credit to Pepper's passionate
performance. The Canadian actor ages convincingly from 16 to
49. He looks eerily like the racer,
thanks to excellent makeup of
different mustaches and prosthetic noses through the years.
He receives superb support
from Mitchell, who's touching as
Teresa, and from Simmons, who's
imposing as the father.
Director Russell Mulcahy deserves kudos for drawing good
acting in key role, but he's at
the mercy of a script that rushes
,through the years in not-so-subtle fashion. To do the family and
race themes justice, "3" needed to
be a miniseries.
As it is, "3" is respectful, simplistic and trite - what you'd expect from a standard screen biography. Earnhardt
deserved
something deeper, but at leastthe
terrific Pepper winds up in the
winner's circle.
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"Closer" focuses on four characters in contemporary London:
a dermatologist, a photographer,
a writer and an American, Larry,
Anna, Dan and Alice.
The film begins with the first
meeting between Dan and Alice.
A taxi hits Alice as she tries to
cross the street. Dan makes the
cab driver take her to the hospital. They begin a relationship
that leads to Dan writing a book
based on Alice. He then meets
Anna, the photographer his publisher hired to take the photo for
his book jacket. Dan wants to see
Alice regularly, but she refuses
his offer.
In a particularly funny scene,
Dan manipulates Larry into an
encounter with Alice. Larry and
Alice begin a relationship. The
carousel begins revolving, with
relationships between the four
characters changing, breaking,
and reforming.
Love does not sweep away pan,
Larry, Anna, or Alice. They do
not unintentionally but cheerfully ride the wave of some magical force that propels them inevitably toward happiness. "Closer"
does not tell of the pure, innocent love of romantic comedy,
but rather deals with the things
people do to each other in the
name of love. Love and fate do
not make fools ofthe characters;
they do it to each other.
At one point, Alice asks Dan,
"Why isn't love enough?" She
gets no answer, but all of the
characters' behavior affirms that
love, indeed, isn't enough. Each
of the four manipulates the others in order to pursue personal
happiness as defined by momentarywhim.
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The characters' mutual intelligence and wlllingness to deceive makes the film delightful,
even if in a grotesque way. None
of the characters fall victim- to
the others. None has superior
power over the others. None act
only from noble intentions. Each
fights as hard as he or she can to
get what he or she wants from the
others. They match up equally in
, a game that rings too familiar for
comfort.
"Closer" examines sex, but is
not about the act itself. The film
contains exactly zero sex scenes.
Rather than showing the superficial' the film examines how these
people use, misuse, and confuse
sex as an aspect of their relationships. They hurt and heal each
other with it, they give it too much
weight in their relationships and
too little, they manipulate with it
and for it. This content, unfortunately, will probably turn viewers off. "Closer" quietly stands
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BY MICHRELR
HERLIHY
Culture Writer
From the instant the fourmember, Frame of Mind began jamming, the crowd at Tom
Grainey's Sporting Pub had trouble staying in their seats Saturday
night.
The multi-talented band members play an arrayofinstruments,
including electric and bass guitars, the harmonica, keyboard,
flute, saxophone, drums, percussion, and the didgeridoo, a
longwooden pipe thatis believed
to be the world's oldest wind instrument. The myriad of instruments allowed the band to weave
both eclectic cover songs and
their original work with improv
instrumentals.
These instrumental riffs lasted
anywhere from 30 seconds to 10
minutes depending on the vibe
of the venue. Band member Obie
Scott described them as "kind of
like a modern day classic rock
band."
The band originally surfaced
In Southern California but now
resides in McCall because the
city is centrally located to accommodate their Northwest touring
circuit. They have been together
and playing two to four times
a week non-stop for about five
years. Having spent this much
time together provides a comfort
level for the band to spontaneously change up songs and "wing
it" because they trust one another. Their favorite venue is John's
Alley in Moscow because they
have a strong fan following there.
They also love the big stage and
PA system that complies with
their many instruments.
The band's largest accomplishment to date occurred in midOctober of this year when they
played in the VooDoo Festival in
New Orleans. A Frame of Mind
stage, which the band sponsored,
was set up next to the main stage
where Kid Rock and the Beastie
Boys performed.'
Despite upstart success, the'
band remains humble. Whether
delivering a bluegrass version
of Pink Floyd's "Wish You Were
Here" or exposing the audience
to an original piece, the band
was high off the music they created on Saturday.
The energy was contagious.
Space on the dance floor grew
smaller as the crowd of 21-35year-aids sang along to Sublime
tunes and shook what their ma-
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culture
Jese Bustillos is a busy woman.
Still, she found time to bring an
independent movie to Edwards
21, a refreshing endeavor considering the theater specializes
in big name motion pictures and
leaves little room for indie films.
"Therese" is a true story about a
young French girl who would later become the Little Saint, Saint
Therese of Lisieux, Saint Therese
is the youngest person ever to be
named a saint, a woman who became a nun at age fifteen. She is
known for her life lived the "Little
Way," a simple belief consisting
of "love and trust in God."
Bustillo's vested interest in the
film is layered. She has a long
history in radio, film editing,
and journalism.
She received
her bachelors of arts in film production from Hancock College.
Bustillos edited film and made
some documentaries during her
.. time at Hancock.
In 1979, she became the first
female disc jockey, hosting Viva y
Religion (Life and Religion). The
show presently airs across North
America and overseas in Spain.
After coming to Boise she contacted the Boise State communications
department
hoping
to host a show with Boise State
radio. Peter Lutze and Susan
Randall saw what a valuable edition Bustillos would be to the
communications
department
and asked her to become an hon-
MIND
-mas gave'them, Between sipping
cocktails and grooving on the
dance floor, the crowd definitely
got their money's worth from the
$3 cover charge.
Between sets, the often labeled "jam band" threw back a
few beers while mingling with
flirtatious fans. They modestly
thanked the crowd for their participation and wl11ingly took requests.
Frame of Mind is currently
recording an acoustic compilation titled "Fireside," but their
latest CD, "Good Medicine," is
available for $10 at any performance and on their Web site:
www.frameofmindlive.com.
You
can also find tour dates on the
Web site, including information
about their upcoming show at
Tom Grainey's on Dec. 30.
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life of this young girl, born in
1873, has impacted
Bustillos
along with the lives of other practicing Catholics. Mother Theresa
even took her name from the
Little Saint, and based much
of her ministry from the life of
Therese.
The
movie
opened
last
Saturday at noon, with a small
turnout. The movie is small, and
most likely will not run for very
long. Its stay will be determined
by how long people continue to
purchase tickets. With that said,
there is no time better than now
to catch it.
The value of "Therese" coming to Boise is apparent. Firstly,
it has inherent value in the fact
that it is an independent film,
a valuable art form in society.
Next, the story of this saint has
influenced many people practicing one of the United States'
largest religions. Watching the
movie is a glimpse into the culture of Catholicism. Lastly, it is
rare to watch on screen the life
of a person who completely and
willing sacrifices a comfortable
existence in pursuit of something
higher, especially when the person spoken of is literally a child.
Though not a mainstream
movie in any sense ofthe phrase,
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English act comes into its own
BY BEN WENER
The Orange tuuntp
Register
It's doubtful there's ever been
a piece written about the band
called Muse that hasn't compared
it to British forebear Radiohead.
That may be exaggeration, but
not by much. Even before the trio
from the sleepy coastal town of
Teignmouth,
Devon, emerged
with its 1999 debut, "Showbiz,"
the litany of "Radiohead clone"
putdowns started stacking up.
Only the missing-in-action Remy
Zero has garnered such scoffing, though that outfit has been
spared constant haranguing.
"To be honest, I think it's something that's spreading around the
press a bit," affable Muse frontman Matthew Bellamy responded, speaking like a speed-chugging Hugh Grant. "It's just been
passed down like some kind' of
Chinese whisper from some review in the (British music publication) NME from about seven
years ago. I don't think anyone at
our gigs orwho has bought our albums would think that."
That's debatable. I have a fairly obvious theory that a hefty
part of why Muse has caught
on in a big way stateside - especially this year, bolstered by
its third and most popular album, "Absolution," and the sinisterly romantic single "Time Is
Running Out" - is because it satisfies a craving from old-school
Radiohead fans who have grown
disenchanted with that band as it
has gotten sonically weirder.
Itisn't just that Muse keeps the
spirit. of "The Bends" and "OK
Computer" alive with grand epics .of its own, matching its attraction to the apocalyptic while
adding traces of Queen-y bombast, industrial synth sheen and
classical flourishes - the piece
"Butterflies & Hurricanes," for instance, opens with an homage to
Rachmaninoff.
More so, it's that Bellamy's
soaring, high-pitched, prone-todramatics voice, though perhaps
equally. influenced by the late
Jeff Buckley's, Is a dead ringer for
Thom Yorke's.
. "I've always found it verydifflcuIt to see the comparison myself," Bellamy remarked good-
be the band who's sold the least
naturedly. "Maybe in the early
days it made sense, because we records in the world to ever play
there."
chose to work with John Leckie,
Muse's discs do sell, and quite
and he produced (Radiohead's)
handsomely for a band thai's only
early albums. And maybe vocally
- that kind of emotional thing we beginning to get airplay. "But
it really seems like the more we
both have or whatever. But that's
tour, the more we play, the more
about as far as it goes with me.
people get to know us. We've nevMusically, and in terms of what
er really broken wide on mainwe stand for, we couldn't be furstream television or radio. It's alther apart."
ways been by playing live."
He was quick to add, however,
"And that really started to build
that "I really don't mind it. For
yea rs, people have said all sorts of here after ..."
"Coachella," Bellamy finished.
things ... and it hasn't really had
I was thinking of the group's imany effect on me or what we do.
pressive midday set at KROQ's
In the beginning, whether they
were insults or compliments, I last Inland Invasion bash, where
was generally impressed that we I first noticed how rabid its devotees can get. But in retrospect,
were being talked about at all."
he's right: Muse's inclusion at
All Bellamy and his mates
Coachella was a crucial turning
- bassist Chris Wolstenhcme
point that lent the band a hip leand drummer Doniinic Howard
gitimacy it hadn't established on
- ever wanted was to find a way
its own here.
out of Teignmouth, "a pretty deNot that Bellamy remembers
pressing place to be. We got into
much about it.
a band because we needed to in"It was so unbearably hot that
vent some night life for ourselves.
it was difficult to concentrate, acComing from a small town, you
grow up dreaming of wanting to tually. I think we played reasonablyOKundertheconditions,
you
escape. But we never could have
know, but it was so bloody stifling
predicted (this) would take us
it's now like a weird, hazy dream
this far."
to me, and I don't really underFast-forward to now, and more
stand what went on."
people are talking about Muse
What matters isn't how good
than ever before - and taking
or bad Muse was that day. What
the trio seriously. The reason:
the band's quite galvanizing live matters is that the band held on
long enough for such timing to
show.
smile upon it.
Whether its' over-the-top albums ever get respect from critics , As little as five years ago, there
hardly matters now. Through re- was no room for Muse within socalled alternative radio's narrow
peat visits and a few high-profile
aesthetic. "When our first album
appearances, Muse has spawned
carne out," Bellamyrecalls, "it was
a growing cult of fans who regustanding up against things like
larly sell out its steadily up sized
Korn and Limp Bizkit. Everything
gigs.
was dominated by hard-rock and
At home and across Europe,
new-metal."
where fans have watched the
But the musical climate has
three maljFs essentially grow up
changed
recently,
thanks
to
in public (they're all in their midwidespread.
pcpularlza205 now).' such success has been the
tion of Indle-rock and outlets
the case for awhile.
"I'm not sure if it's because of that play It. "A few more truly
alternative bands have broken
the Internet or whatever other
through," Bellamy says, "like the
grass-roots thing it might be, but
Strokes and the Flaming Lips and
somehow we've become a bigger
Coldplay. Ithink that has opened
live band than anythingelse,"
up the gates for us."
Bellamy noted. "Look at England,
That maybrand Muse a tempofor example: We're doing two
gigs at Earl's Court at the end of rarily hot also-ran .. or this couId
be the start ora small phenom .
the year, when the kinds of acts
that normally play there are U2 So what .comes next? Mow does
or Madonna. It feels strange to Muse capitalize on 'this. new~--
found niche?
Bellamy isn't sure, nor does he
have concrete ideas about the
next Muse album.
"Traveling to America has
rubbed off on me in some ways.
There's a sound - I think you call
it Tex-Mex?" asked the fan of flamenco guitar. "Maybe a harder,
more electro version of that might
creep out. Or a bit of mlnimalism
- something not quite so grand
and epic, more scaled-back."
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ELLIS HONORED
Jason 'Ellis has
been
named the Western Athletic
Conference men's 'basket,ball .player of the week for
November 29-Dec. 6.
,
Ellis, a senior. from Kent,
Washington, tledacareer-high
with 23 points and grabbed
seven rebounds in a 70-67 win
at Idaho on Saturday. He made
10-of-12 shots (83.3 percent)
and all three of his free throw
attempts. He also added two
blocks and a steal against the
Vandals. Eills became the
first player in rivalry history
to complete a four-year career
with an undefeated record (80) against the other team. It is
Ellis' first career WACPlayer of
the Week Award.
PETERSEN NRMED
FINRLlST
BOISE, Idaho - Boise State
University offensive coordinator Chris Petersen has been
named one of six finalists for
the 2004 Broyles Award. The
Broyles Award is named in
honor of longtime University'
of Arkansas Athletic Director
Frank Broyles, and recognizes the top collegiate assistant
football coach of the year.
LOU GROZR RWRRD
PRESENTRTION
TONIGHT
Boise State senior kicker
Tyler Jones is one of three finalists for the Lou Groza
Award for the top kicker in the
nation. The winner will be announced tonight during a live
broadcast of the ESPN College
Awards Show. Jones has COOlpleted 22 of his 25 field goal
attempts, and an outstand. .ing 65-66 extra points. The
other two finalists are Mike
Nugent from Ohio State and
Andrew Wellock of Eastern
Washington.
BSU woman's baskatball
head coach Jen Warden [left]laads
the Broncos
ttns saaacn.
ch Warden· a gift to B U
BY JE T'RIME
Sports
ORVIS
Wrltar
Women's
Basketball Head
Coach len Warden provides the
Broncos with thc ultimate gift
- inspiration, In the two years
that Warden has retained this
position, she has built a reputation that goes beyond a winning
season, The players have fond
memories of the inspiring stories she comes to practice with.
Senior forward and team co-caplain Carlann Ramirez describes
it as 'glowing with knowledge' .
We could attempt to place this
as rmother notch in Warden's
list of accomplishments, but she
may have a problem with that.
Warden does not see any of her
honors or accomplishments as
any more memorable than her
chance at being with' the players right now. "I just want the
team to do well and the players
to reach their goals."
Warden has always loved basketball, playing an outstanding
game throughout her college
career 'and coaching at the same
the University of Colorado for 10
years. Her passion for the sport
is easily seen, but she will correct you to say that she "values
the players more than the game.
I love to watch them experience,
learn, and seek gratification."
What brought Warden to BSU
was her instinctual belief in
Gene Bleymaier. "He is a leader
among leaders. He takes care of
the program and cultivates success."
Senior guard Jodi Nakashima
will testify to the benefit of hav-,
ing such a leader. "She made me
realize what potential 1have. She
doesn't let me stop short of my
goals."
True freshman Tasha Harris
has already seen the impact
Coach Warden has had on her
career. "She has given me a fire
and drive. 1 love the fact that she
won't let you come up short. She
always wants us to get better and
reach our own goals."
Although Warden brought in a
very complex offense, she would
rather the team be known for
their defensive end,
"Wework hard on our defense,
It takes character, energy, effort,
and will. This is the stuff champs
are made of. We look to have this
chemistry:' Warden said.
Warden is all about the team.
She will immediately say that
the team makes her job as coach
easy. Over the short two years
she has been with at Boise State,
Warden and the team have gotten to know and trust each other. She points out that this is not
her team. This is the seniors'
team. "It is rewarding to watch
them lead their own team. That's
what I do. I help them lead their
team."
It is easy to see that where athletics are concerned, the lines
between 'team' and 'family' are
blurred for Coach Warden. Boise
State will not only benefit from
her intensity and vast knowledge
of the game, but also from her
heart and willingness to make
these players into confident and
successful people.
Ramirez wraps it up well, "To
have someone that committed
and good at being there for us is a
tremendous impact."
Warden loves Boise and looks
forward to raising her boys,
Brice and Brock, in the area. She
credits her husband Larry as her
greatest fan.
Adams may be short, but his drive is huge
BY TREVOR
Sports
HORN
Editor
If you take a peek at the Boise
State football team, you may have
to look a little farther down to find
the unsung hero of the undefeated WACchampions.
Klayton Adams stands only
5 feet, 11 inches tall. 'A rather
short stature for a starting cen.ter-but he's not small potato for
the Broncos. His lone season as
a starter for the Broncos, Adams
unselfish play was rewarded with
a second-team All-WACselection
last week.
"He did extremely well. We
knew he was going to be a good
player for us," quarterback Jared
Zabransky said,
Zabransky also joked when
questioned about whether or not it
was nice to have a short center, "I
don't know if it helps because I've
got to bend over quite a ways."
The postseason
award for
Adams is a huge accomplishment
for a guy who played offensive line
at Sheldon High School outside
Sacramento, Calif. only because
most of the starters played both
ways. As a senior he recorded 104
tackles and four sacks, earning
first-team all-conference honors,
and second-team all-metro honors,
He played junior college football at American River College in
Sacramento. There he felt like a
defensive player, but in reality it
was setting him up for something
he could have never imagined.
With only five offensive linemen
on the team, it obviously turned
into a positive future for a defen- ,
sive minded player.
As the lone senior starting on
the offensive line for the Broncos,
Adams had high expectations
going into the season, regardless
of the fact that three freshmen
started most of the season beside
Adams and first-team All-WACjunior Daryn Colledge.
"I get a little more credit than
1 think I deserve because those
three freshman don't play like
freshman:' Adams said.
A little modesty for a guy who
shows that he has a competitive'
and confident side, especially
when asked about what he would
have thought four years ago about
being named to a second-team
selection.
"I was pretty head-strong back
then. I would have been 'why
didn't I get first-team All-WAC',
just because that's what I expect
of myself."
Adams and the offensive line
did their part to keep the legacy
of a top-notch Bronco offense
running at full speed despite losing their top returning players at
quarterback, running back and
receiver. Boise State led the WAC
this season in total offense and
was second in the conference in
rushing offense. Another statistic that's eye popping is the 51
red-zone touchdowns that the
Broncos scored.
One position that many over
look, but the three involved
don't is the kicking game for the
Broncos. Kicker Tyler Jones is a
Lou Groza Award finalist for the
best kicker in the nation-however Adams and backup quarterback Mike Sanford played just as
an important roll in the successjust ask them.
Following the Tulsa game this
season, Adams said following the
game-winning field goal by Jones
that if he was drafted, Adams and
Sanfo~d would bandwagon Iones
as a package deal in the NFL.
Once New Year's Day comes
around, Adams' playing career
will come to a rest; but he says
that he will try to obtain a job as a
rur 1'I1UTO BY STANllY
Kle~ton Adems anchored the Broncos
teem All-WAC team thiS season.
coach, because if not, 'it would be
a crash and burn.'
Who knows, this cornmunicatlons major, who is set to gradu~te
offenSive
una en route
BflEWSTER/THE
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to e second-
next December, may even find a
job as a sports writer in the near
future.
Lady Broncos cruise past Idaho State Monday night
BY RMBER
Sports
FUGER
Writer
Due to an ice show in the
Taco Bell Arena, the Boise State
women's basketball team hosted Idaho State in Bronco Gym
M1md\iy. night.' The last time
Boise State played in Bronco Gym
was to host a winter tournament
in November of 1991: Similarly,
an ice show forced them to play
trere and they pulled off back-
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to-back wins.
those calls evenly,' Warden said.
The switch of venues proved
The night began With the
yet again to be.a hot winning
Bengals first on the board and
spot for the lady Broncos. In an - in the lead 6-4. They were able
aggressive battle full of contrato hold that lead until a 12-0
versial calls Boise State stomped
run started a Bronco stampede
Idaho State 60-52. Both coaches
and a Bengal meltdown. Cassidy
were screaming at the referees
Blaine's two three-point shots
demanding fairness. Head coach
started. the momentum
that
Jen Warden's comment about the
ceased to slow for the Broncos.
lack of calls in the post echoed - The Bengals finally got around
through the gym. "They are
Boise State's impeccable defense
pushing. off on the post. Make and answer.~d back to ge~thi~
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nine points. Michelle Hessing
crushed the Bengals hopes of repetitive answers with a baby hook
shot from the post to take the
lead by ten. Idaho State's Molly
Hays drove down the center
gliding through Bronco defenders to make a lavun that nut the
Bengals down by eight. Andrea
Sivakova followed the soft layup
with a wide-open three-pointer
to get within six points.
AjUTP shot by H;ssing put the
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Broncos up 24-16. The Bengals
were quick to react with another
basket by Hays. The Broncos continued to control the momentum
as Cariann Ramirez banked a
three from the perimeter to close
outthe first half 27-18.
The second half bezan with a
higher level of intensity than the
first. Jamie Hawkins score_d the
flrst basket of the half to put the
Broncos ahead 29-18. Idaho State
scored and then Hawkins came
through with a floate~ for a 31-20
Bronco lead. Hawkins was one of
two Bronco post players to hit a
double-double with 13 points
and 12 rebounds.
Hessing pounded the backboards and followed up with
stellar nlavs from the oost.
Hessing 'was the second Bronco .
post player to score a doubledouble on the nighf with 10 total
points and 15 rebounds. She shot
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DEC
At Boise State, football helps
tell other success stories
BY BOB EURNCHo
Speclel to the Rrblter
Bet you didn't knew Boise State
University is home to a large geophysical research program focused exclusively on environmental and engineering problems.
Now you do, thanks to our football team.
And did you know that our debate and speech team is a veritable powerhouse, with a decade
of success that Includes seven
conference championships, four
regional team titles and four consecutive top-five finishes at the
national forensics tournament?
Or that since 1993, eight of our faculty members have been named
the Carnegie Foundation's Idaho
Professor of the Year? Or that
Boise State boasts Idaho's largest
enrollment (18,456) as well as the
most stringent enrollment standards among the state's public
institutions?
Now you do, thanks to our
football team - our undefeated,
lO'h·ranked, Liberty Bowl-bound
football team.
Also, did you know a recent reo
port stated that Boise State - by
generating jobs, providing earnlngs, stimulating sales and edueating citizens - had an annual
economic. impact of almost $330
million for the state of Idaho during the last fiscal year? Or thava
DNA expert in our Department
of Biology used his expertise to
help exonerate an Inmate who
was wrongfully Imprisoned for
17 years and serving a life sentence for rape? Or that BSU was
recently part of the largest single
research grant in Idaho history?
Or that earlier this year one of
our graduates won an Alfred I.
DuPont Award, the top honor In
broadcast journalism? Or that ...
well, you get the idea.
(For the record, the geophysical research program comprises
the Department of Geosciences
and CGISS [pronounced SEE-J!SJ,
which stands for the Center for
Geophysical Investigation of the
Shallow Subsurface; the DNA expert is professor Greg Hampikian;
the $16.1 million grant is from
the National Institutes of Health
for biomedical
research;
and
the DuPont-winning alumnus is
Boise TV reporter Jon Hanian.)
The point is, as the Bronco football team continues to play on the
national stage, the spotlight continues to shine on the rest of Boise
State, which allows the university
to trumpet programs like CGISS
and the debate team and people
like Hampiklan and Hanian to an
audience that extends far beyond
Idaho and the Pacific Northwest.
The price tag for this unprecedented national exposure?
"I could not afford to assemble
a public relations and advertising
has provided the university with
budget for this year that would
priceless nationwide exposure.
give us the coverage the football
Another financial benefit to
team has given us," said Boise
State President Bob Kustra. "If I the football team's success, adds
Kustra, Is a heightened awareness
assembled that budget, the university would go broke trying to of other parts of the university,
"Our donors have been reawakpay for it. The football program,
ened to a new future at Boise
and the athletic program in genState," he said. "I hear over and
eral, is a window through which
we can invite people from around
over again [from donors and pothe country to look at our acatential donors who say], 'I'd like
demic programs and learn more . to sit down and talk to you about
about us. That's absolutely in- what you're doing here: And it's
valuable."
not just about football. Football
A winning football program is has recaptured their attention
and recaptured their imaginanothing new at Boise State; the
school was a junior college jugtion about the future of this instigernaut from 1947 through 1967 tution; many people have asked
questions about our academic
and a perennial contender at the
NCAA Division II and I-AA levels
side."
"Beyond the Blue"
until it joined the Division I ranks
All this attention Is not lost on
in 1996. But the accomplishthose charged with promoting
ments of coach Dan Hawkins
and raising funds for the univer'and his team - the nation's current longest winning streak (22 sity. Riding this wave of Bronco
popularity, the university has emgames) and home winning streak
barked on a publicity campaign
(25), as well as a Western Athletic
that Includes a series of promoConference-record 26-game winning streak, three straight WAC tions titled "Beyond the Blue:'
a takeoff on the blue. turf that
titles, and just two losses in the
highlights academics, the arts,
last three seasons - have delivered extraordinary
visibility to guest speakers, faculty awards
and other points of pride at Boise
BSU.
State. The campaign, says Kustra,
ESPN's mid-major darling
is already beginning to pay diviFor example, when ESPN came
dends.
to Boise In September to broad"Highlighting the work of some
cast the Broncos' game against
of our most accomplished facBYU, part of the game-day packulty has clearly caught the attenage was a segment on engineertion and imagination of donors;
ing professor Michelle Sabick's
they're now saying things like,
blomechanical research that recorded the throwing motions of 'Well, I've given to athletics over
the year, I think it may be time for
BSU's quarterbacks. With a comme to pony up even more to give
puter system that created threedimensional skeletal images of to academics as well: That's awfully encouraging for a president
the QBs, Sabick's work provided
to hear."
visuals and a football angle that
While the publicity generwere tailor-made for ESPN, which
ated by ESPN coverage and arate it up. The day before the game,
ticles in Sports Illustrated, The
ESPN reporter Heather Cox and
Los Angeles Times, The Boston
her camera crew visited Sabick
Globe, The New York Times and
in BSU's Biomechanics Research
USA Today - to name just a few
Lab and shot their footage. The
next night, during ESPN's live .of the publications that have covered the Broncos in recent weeks
coverage of the BYU-BSU game,
the network ran its segment on - is hard to quantify in dollars,
the financial figures from Boise
Sabick, and Cox, standing on
State's bookstore do reflect a mathe sidelines" regaled millions
jor infusion of funding into the
of viewers nationwide with the
university's coffers.
story of the computer-animated
According to Kim Thomas,
skeletons throwing a football.
bookstore
director,
sales of
When you combine the enterBronco apparel and merchandise
tainment value of Boise State's
have skyrocketed this year - a
high-scoring,
risk-taking
foot76 percent increase in apparel
ball team with Bronco Stadium's
purchased and a 200 percent inunconventional
blue turf and
crease In online sales - comunique stories like Sablck's repared to last year's record-setting
search and starting quarterback
sales figures. Last year the bookJared Zabransky's potato-farmstore contributed $752,000, or 7.5
ing background, which ESPN also
percent of Its sales - including
featured earlier this year, it isn't
too hard to understand Why BSU $200,000 to the academic scholarship endowment fund - to the
has become the cable network's
university. Based on sales figures
mid-major darling. Conversely,
so far, Thomas expects the overall
with six appearances
this year
(the Liberty Bowl will make' it number for this year to be more
than $1 million.
seven) and a 15-0 overall record
Name recognition
on ESPN or ESPN2, Boise State's
. To be sure, BSU's recent gridrelationship
with the network
iron glory has led to more TV exposure, the potential for a larger
and more generous pool of donors, and more T-shirt sales. And
there's yet another major benefit
to all these positive results, says
Jason MacDonald, a BSU marketing professor who believes a
college's name recognition whether or not it stems all or in
part from the success of its sports
teams - should not be underestimated.
"From a recruiting standpoint,
there are two ways to raise awareness: academics and athletics:'
he said. "Academics isa long
road that literally takes decades,
whereas athletics are more effective and efficient. When I would
go to conferences I used to have
to explain where Idaho is. Now
people say, 'Wow, you're from Boise State? What a great place
that looks like: I think the success of the football team tends to
transfer to the university overall,
which helps us attract better students. I mean, a biology student
doesn't come here just for a biology degree. The college experlence and the atmosphere are all
part of an education, and for a lot
of students, football is part ofthat
atmosphere. It plays a role.
"In fact, I tell my students all
the time, if nobody has heard of
where you got your degree It pretty much has zlr~alue.
If they've
never heard ofBSU~Gpe greatway
to get our name out tIICre is the
football team. There are tons of
small colleges with great academlcs, but nobody has ever heard of
them."
MacDonald acknowledges that
much has been said and written
about how college athletics have
gotten out of hand and too much
emphasis is ptaced on football,
but he doesn't place Boise State
among the college football behemoths that dominate the polls
and the headlines. At Boise State
"it's not a zero-sum game:' he
said. "One area is not taking away
from the other."
When he compares
Boise
State to most of the other ranked
teams in the nation, it's clear to
MacDonald that Hawkins runs a
lean program that has done more
with less. "I read a report where
it said we are 9711. in the country in football expenditures,"
MacDonald
said. "We're not
Michigan or USC, both of which
spent more than $10 million on
football; we spent about $2.25 or
$2.5 million:'
It's all part of what makes the
Boise State football team one of
the best feel-good stories going.
And why the rest of the university
is glad to ride its coattails.
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Haw k
(from pege 1)
Board of Education last Thursday
in Pocatello.
Hawkins name has come up
numerous
times all throughout the nation, as many lucrative coaching positions became
- available. One of the vacancies
still open when Hawkins agreed
to the extension was- at Notre
Dame. Hawkins did say that he
. would listen to talks from the
university, but there are no reports on whether or not there
were any.
"To see him turn down offers
from people like Notre Dame
and Stanford, places that we
was probably in the hunt for, it's
huge:' Colledge said. "I think it
sets a standard that we're one of
those upper-echelon teams."
The extension includes bonuses for the number of wins
per season with a 5 percent of his
base pay bonus for six or seven
wins, a 10 percent bonus for eight
or nine, and a 15 percent bonus
for ten or more victories.
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Also included is a 1Il2th of his
annual salary bonus for the team
finishing in the top-25 and a
$10,000 bonus fora top-10 finish.
There is also .a ill2'h ralse for a
conference championship and a
5 percent bonus for a bowl berth.
If Hawkins stays through the
2008 season. there is a $350,000
bonus, and another $150,000 for completing the contract.
There is also an $850,000 buyout clause if he chooses to leave
the program during the length of
the contract.
The acknowledgement means
a lot to the fundraising for the
program also. Stadium expansion has been a hot topic this
season, so has the notion of an
indoor training facility on the
north end of the stadium. Now
with Hawkins here through the
end of the decade, Bleymaier acknowledged that it's time to set it
up.
"There's no question about it.
We can hit the ground running
with our fund raising effort."
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5-10 from the field and had five
offensive rebounds to go along
with her twn defensive boards.
A fade away jumper by Hill
put the Broncos up by 15. Then
Harris came through with a
jump shot for a 37-20 lead. Hays
answered back for the Bengals
with a jump shot to get within
15 again. Then the foul trouble
plagued both teams. The referees calls everything from travels
to hacks. Hessing drew a foul on
a stuff that fans argued was all
ball.
The Bengals started to make
their way back by forcing the
fouls and shooting 13 ofl8 from
the free-throw line. Down by 15
points with 1:13 left to play, the
Bengals stepped it up to get within seven points of the Broncos,
the closest margin since the first
half.
Ramirez
was
fouled
by
Sivakova and made both free
throws to put the Broncos up by
nine with 43 seconds left on the
clock. A steal by. Hays and final
layup gave the Bengals their final points of the night. Hessing
was fouled and made one of two
free throws to win the game by
eight.
Hill contrlbuted
11 points
while Blaine and Ramirez each
added nine points. On the night
the Broncos shot 39.7 percent
from the field, 33.3 percent from
three-point
territory and 64.7
percent from the free throw line.
The Broncos had four steals, ten
assists and five blocks. Hays led
the Bengals in the loss with 22
points and eight rebounds.
The Broncos evened their season record to 2-2. Idaho State
drops to 3·4 on their season. Up
next for Boise State is a game tomorrow night against Air Force
in Bronco Gym.
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Liberty Bowl named second best to watch
BY MIKE HUGUENIN·
The Orlando Sentinel
This being the holiday season
and all, we're in a giving mood.
So here are our rankings of the
28 bowls. Feel free to use this as
a guide when you prepare your
shopping,
dining
and party
plans.
20. Emerald Bowl, Navy (9.21\os.
New Mexico (7-4), Dec. 30: I)NO
teams that like to run and cannot
pass. Extra points for Navy's participation.
19. Las Vegas Bowl, UCLA (6-5)
vs, Wyoming (6·5), Dec. 23: This
should have a lot of points.
18. Houston Bowl, Colorado (75) vs. UTEP (8-3), Dec. 29: A case
can be made that the coaches of
these teams did the best coaching
jobs
the nation.
17. Motor City Bowl, UConn (74) vs. Toledo'{9-3), Dec. 27: Points
aplenty; We like that.
16. Cotton Bowl, Tennessee (93) vs. Texas A&M (7·4),}an. 1: A 74 team in a New Year's Day bowl?
- Not good.
15. Sun Bowl, Arizona" State
-~''''- -
In
(8-3) vs. Purdue (7-4), Dec. 31: If (10-1) vs. Texas Tech (7-4), Dec.
Arizona State QB Andrew Walter )0: Tech's funky pass-happy offense always is fun to watch. You
were healthy, this would be a tophave to figure Cal will be mighty
five game. But he's not, so it isn't.
14. Alamo Bowl, Ohio State (7- miffed they're not playing in the
Rose Bowl and may not take this
4) vs. Oklahoma State (7-4), Dec.
all that seriously. One thing to
29: A solid matchup of evenly
consider: Texas beat Tech by 30.
matched teams.
13. MPC Computers
Bowl, Can Cal do better than that?
9. Gator Bowl, FSU (8-3) vs. West
Fresno State (8·3) vs, Virginia
(8-3), Dec. 27: Virginia can't be Virginia (8-3), Jan. 1:A matchup of
teams that had - for them, at least
happy to be playing on that ugly
- disappointing seasons.
blue field, on a cold day In Idaho,
8. Outback Bowl, Georgia (9-2)
against a team that actually cares
vs, Wisconsin (9-2), Jan. 1:We can
about the outcome. Upset, anyhear Georgia play-by-play guy
one?
12. Hawaii Bowl, Hawaii (7-5) Larry Munson now: "The Badgers'
rock- ribbed defense has come to
vs. UAB (7-4), 7 p.m.: Given the
play, and David Greene is having
pass-happy
quarterbacks
into run for his life. But our 'Dawgs
volved (Hawaii's Timmy Chang
are hunkered down and knocking
and UAB's Darrell Hackney),
the snot out of those Wisconsin
Santa may be coming down the
running backs."
chimney about the time this one
7. Peach Bowl, Florida (7-4) vs.
ends.
11. Fiesta Bowl, pittsburgh (8- Miami (8-3), Dec. 31: Oh, the pos3) vs. Utah (H-O), 8:30 p.m.: We sibilities that exist for Ron Zook
if he coaches this. He could beat
would have preferred to see the
FSU and Miami in his last two
upstart Utes against a BCS-league
team. What? The Big East is a BCS games as Florida coach.
" 6. Capital One Bowl, Iowa (9-2)
league? Yikes.
vs, LSU (9-2), Jan. 1: This one has
10. Holiday Bowl, California
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5. Sugar Bowl, Auburn (12-0)
vs. Virginia Tech (10-2), Jan. 2:
Maybe Auburn will be impressive
enough to convince the writers in
the AP poll that there should be a
split national champion.
4. GMAC Bowl, Bowling Green
(8-3) vs. Memphis (8·3), Dec. 22:
This should be an offensive orgy.
And we like offensive orgies.
3. Rose Bowl, Michigan (9-2) vs.
Texas (10-1), Jan. 1: This should
be Cal-Michigan (more on that.
later). As it is, it's a matchup ofthe
teams with two of the most overrated coaches in the land. Still,
there's no doubt it has some Intrigue, what with two marquee
programs playing.
2. Liberty Bowl, Boise State (H0) vs. Louisville (10-1), Dec. 31:
Think of this as the "mid-major
national title game." There should
be a ton of offense.
1. Orange
Bowl, Oklahoma
(12-0) vs. USC (12-0), Jan. 1: The national title game. What more
needs to be said?
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To get the advantage, check the
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